The Combined Authority’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee (OSC) has the following terms of reference:-

To act as a focus for the monitoring, scrutiny and challenge of the Authority, its committees and undertakings;

To investigate matters of strategic importance to residents and businesses within the City Region and to report with recommendations to the Authority;

To scrutinise the decisions of the Authority, its committees and undertakings and make recommendations for improvement and/or change;

To review the performance of the Authority

The Committee is made up of 14 Members from across the City Region Constituent and non-Constituent districts. Members appointed at the 2017 meeting of the Combined Authority AGM for the 2017/18 municipal year are as follows: